Tench fishing at Horseshoe and Bradley’s
What is it about fishing. One session you can fill your boots and have a a couple of "red letter days" then the sun comes out for a few days and things go completely downhill. Paul and his son Alex had wanted to catch a few tench and a good few weeks ago we agreed that late July would be →
A few days guiding with Paul and Andy on the Wye
Andy and Paul had contacted me back in early spring asking whether it was possible if I could arrange a few days barbel fishing on the Wye. They had been fishing the Severn recently without much success, well not exactly true Andy had been struggling. Paul is a very accomplished carp fisherman and had seldom fished the river let alone →
11th July and 4 X 8lb plus barbel on the River Wye
The difficulty in fishing the Courtfield stretch of the river Wye is getting a place on the beat. The quality of the fishing is superb and therefore people book well in advance such is the popularity. The only problem with this is that you cannot predict what condition the river will be in. Last week for instance it was up →
Bradley’s lake Tench fishers fish in! July 6-8th
I had almost given up on the tench fishing for the year. Everything seemed to be conspiring against me in catching some good fish. Dave Rogerson our Regional Organiser had booked the north shore on Bradley's for us Tench Fishers. Last year we arrived to find the tench spawning and not at all interested in feeding. It was blistering hot and →
Short session 3rd July Bristol Avon
I only had time for a very short session on the upper Bristol Avon. I had wanted to return to where Archie and Trevor had seen that 9lb barbel. Sure enough the large barbel was there in the shallow water. I couldn't see the other two smaller barbel that accompany it. The water had increased in flow and colour since Sunday →
1st July guiding Archie and Trevor on the Bristol Avon
Trevor and his lad Archie had booked a session with me to fish for chub and barbel on the Bristol Avon. So Sunday saw us meet up on the upper end of the river close to where they live. First we looked at the river and decided that it was worth putting in some hemp near to where a shoal →